Emerging biennial’s new take on cross-cultural dialogue

The inaugural Hyphenated Biennial brings together First Nations and Asian diasporic artists in a multi-faceted dialogue.

The inaugural Hyphenated Biennial is a platform bringing together voices of First Nations and Asian diasporic artists, and was conceived by co-directors Nikki Lam and Phuong Ngo as a provocation around what it means for diverse artists to work together on the same land.

‘We were thinking about what a biennial in the Western suburbs [of Melbourne] would look like, and what would happen if we put all those artists in dialogue with each other,’ Ngo told ArtsHub.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_